Our first Short-Cuts episode is online. Now there is an outlet for all the little things that would otherwise get buried in my backyard.

In this new Short-Cut tutorial, I'll cover a cool tip for generating bump mapping with 3D light as well as utilizing 3D position with 2D effects.

This one ran a little long but in the future expect 1-5 minute videos with short tips and tricks.

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As promised, here is the second tutorial this week with minutes to spare here on Saturday night.

In this new 2-part tutorial you will learn a great method for stabilizing footage in After Effects that smooths the result rather than freezes the tracking center. We will also create smoke flying behind a police car, which is as fun as it sounds.

This one tutorial has many great tips and techniques including, rotoscoping, expressions and matte blending.

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Download the footage and try the technique out for yourself. I'd also like to thank Mark Christiansen for allowing me to demonstrate his stabilize technique in this tutorial. For more information about his great After Effects book Click Here.

PS: Getting ready to go to NAB, more info about the T-shirt contest when I get back.

In this tutorial we will use various compositing techniques to create these smoke designs in After Effects, this tutorial also covers a couple new expressions.

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In this tutorial we will create a dynamic scene with an extreme wide angle camera and an circular particle system. Basically we'll be creating what you see in the picture :)

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PRESET NOTE: The preset is inside the project for this tutorial and it works with AE 6.5, 7 and CS3.

In this tutorial I'll show you how we created the 3D vines from our Twitch Promo video. We will be using 3D Studio Max and finishing in After Effects. This may not the most advanced tutorial but it certainly isn't for beginners.

I'd also like to remind you that our new Plug-In for After Effects is available now so if you have been thinking about some of our products, now is the time. Be sure to check out our new Bundles as well.

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